"The Huntsman" (Russian: Егерь, romanized: Yeger) is an 1885 short story by Anton Chekhov.

[1] "The Huntsman" made a strong impression upon Dmitry Grigorovich, who in a 25 March 1886 letter expressed his delight and urged Chekhov to leave the humorous genre behind and concentrate on more serious issues.

Suvorin contacted Kurepin,[note 2] from whom I received an invitation by letter, to join Novoye Vremya!

"[3] Yegor the huntsman, walking down a country road accidentally meets his estranged wife Pelageya to whom he's been married for twelve years but visited just several times, and even then, drunk and violent.

He tries to explain why he, the best sportsman around, 'a pampered man', enjoying good tea and 'refined conversation', could not bear to live in a village.